Scard Document
Joseph Lance vs James Scard at Poole
Weekly Court of Record Town and County of the Town of Poole – Dated 27th September 1816.
James Scard was attached to answer Joseph Lance of a plea of trespass on the case and whereupon the said Joseph Lance by Thomas Parr,
his attorney, Complains that whereas the said James on the twenty seventh day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand and
eight hundred and sixteen to wit at the town and County of the Town of Poole aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this Court was
indebted to the said Joseph in thirty nine shillings of lawful money of Great Britain for the work, labour, care and diligence of the said
Joseph by him the said Joseph before that time done preformed and bestowed in and about the [premises?] of the said James and for the
said James and at his special instance and request and for divers materials and other necessary things found provided used and applied in
and about that [?], at his like request and being so indebted, he the said James in consideration thereof afterwards to wit on the same day
and year at the Town and County of the Town of Poole aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this Court undertook and there and then
faithfully promised the said Joseph to pay him the said sum of money when he should be thereto afterwards requested and whereas also
to wit on the same day and year aforesaid at the Town and Count of the Town of Poole aforesaid and with in the Jurisdiction of this Court
in consideration that the said Joseph at the like request of the said James had before that time done, performed and bestowed other his
work and [?] for the said James and had before that time at this like request found [?] and provided, used and applied divers, other
materials and other necessary things in and about that work he the said James then and there undertook and faithfully promised the said
Joseph to pay him so much money as he therefore reasonably described to have and the said Joseph avers that he therefore reasonably
described to have of the said James other thirty nine shillings of like lawful money at the Town and County of the Town of Poole aforesaid
and within the Jurisdiction of this Court’ was indebted to the said Joseph in other thirty nine shillings of like lawful money for divers,
goods, wares and merchandises by the said Joseph before that them sold and delivered to the said James and at his special instance and
request and being to indebted, he the said James in consideration whereof afterwards to wit on the same day and year aforesaid ‘at the
Town and County….’ in consideration that the said Joseph at the like request of the said James had before that time sold and delivered
to [Transcribers note: the page is lengthy and repeats the same thing over and over again. It changes on the second page at the following
point] …… accounted together with the said James of and concerning divers other sums of money before that time due and owing from
the said James to the said Joseph and then being in arrear and unpaid and upon that account the said James as then and therefore in arrear
to the said Joseph in large sum of money to wit in the sum of thirty nine shillings of like lawful money and being so found in arrears to
the said Joseph he the said James in consideration thereof afterwards to wit on the same day and year aforesaid at the Town and County....
undertook and faithfully promised the said Joseph to pay him the last mentioned sum of money when he should be thereto afterward
requested and the said James not regarding his aforesaid several promised and undertakings to by him made in this behalf as aforesaid
but contriving and fraudulently intending craftily and [?] to deceive and defraud the said Joseph in this behalf, hath not yet paid the
several sums of money to any past this of the said Joseph although so to do be the said James was requested by the said Joseph afterwards
to wit on the same day and year aforesaid and often afterwards to wit at the Town and Count of the Town of Poole aforesaid and under
the Jurisdiction of this court but to pay the same both in hitherto, wholly refused and still refuses to the said Joseph his damage of thirty
nine shillings and therefore he brings his suit.
Pledges to prosecute [signed] John Doe and Richard Roe.
[Transcriber's note: It appears the clerk has copied this document [as was the normal practice] and has written-in the signatures of the
signatories as the entire document is in the one handwriting.]
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